2.5Advanced menu
The Advanced menu items allow you to change the settings for the CPU and other system devices.
Be cautious when changing the settings of the Advanced menu items. Incorrect field values can cause the system to malfunction.
2.5.1CPU Configuration
The items in this menu show
Active Processor Cores [All]
Allows you to choose the number of CPU cores to activate in each processor package. Configuration options: [All] [1]
Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled]
[Disabled] | Disables this function. |
[Enabled] | Allows you to turn on /off the Mid Level Cache (L2) streamer prefetcher. |
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch [Enabled]
[Disabled] | Disables this function. |
[Enabled] | Allows a hardware platform to perform adjacent cache line prefetching. |
Intel Virtualization Technology [Enabled]
[Enabled] | Allows a hardware platform to run multiple operating systems separately |
| and simultaneously, enabling one system to virtually function as several |
| systems. |
[Disabled] | Disables this function. |
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